Toy block



Sept. 20,1927. SROFE TOY BLOCK 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 12. 1925 ma/Wm arw Sept. 20, 1927.

J. SROFE 'IOY BLOCK Filed Jan. 12, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 20, 1927. v I I UNITED STATES ATE OFFICE.

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applicatiom filea lanuary lfz 19 25. I Serial No, 1,860.

My invention relates to improvements in blank for forming a preferred form of sound toy blocks in general andmore specifically box or supporting a bell the assembly of to in'iproveinent in the structure of blocks which is shown in'1)c1's oective-in Figure 6. with bells or other sound producing mecha- Figure '7 illustrates a plan view of a blank nisni therein such as :is' claimed in my for forming another form of supporting pending application Serial No. 7 ;13j291, filed" structure with the addition of a piece of 1 M 14 1924 v which a-plan view is shown in Figure 8.

In my application Serial N0. 713,281,, I Figure 9 illustrates'a perspective of the ashave described a closed telescoping open seinbly of pieces shown in Figures 7 and 8.

10 ended cube with .a hell or the like sup- Additional supportto' either of the strucpcrted on one of the Walls ofv the block. tures may be supplied by reinforcing pieces, In the structure described therein the supplans of which are illustrated in Figures 10 port of the bcllsor the like was in one of and 11. 'Another: assembly of-inner structhe side walls I have sincc discovered that ture is shown in plan View of the blanks in the tone of a bell in block may be intensi- Figures 12 and 13 and lit, and a perspective fi dnnd clarified by disposing it in sound of the complete assembly in Figure 15. ho; d disposing the sounl box in sectional I "have shown a preferred form of outer compartments whi 11 further intensities the structure in Figurel, in whicht-he numerals sound and may also be usedto reiniiorce the 1,2, 3 and 4: are cut and scored to form the 20 side wallsof the block I may iultthervary outside walls .of a block with an extended the outside shape of the blohk .to conform flap 5 to which adhesive may be applied to with various preferned shapes as required seal the walls 1 and 4 together. The side top in building toys such as cylindersfand closing flaps 6 and 7 are cut-away at their spheres and the like. It is my particular outside edges 8 to permit easy folding; action.

object thereiore'in the specification of this The front top closing flap 9 which extends inw tiogn to describe and claim improveclear across thcblock'has an extended sealing ments afieetiin'g the tonal quality of a" bell flap 10 which with adhesive applied is redisposedfwitliin a building toy-byudisp'osing tained on the opposite side of the topnof the the hell in a sound box which forms a part, wall 4. Openings 9 are cut out of the flaps whep -,clesecl, of a structure which intensifies l0 and '11-, which form the side closing flaps the sound andat the same time reinforces the for the bottom of the bl'oc'k'which is" coinside walls of the building toy or block. p'lete'ly sealed by the extended tongue 12 hvlienqtheftoy is of paperboard, suchastrucwhich is part of the front of the bottom true a block or the like enables me to closing which extends clear across use much lighter weightboal'd Q1IicOfitQd the, block and s retained on the inside of the paper Enter the printing (of the design on the opposed side wall 2. Holes l i maybe cut in outside faces (of the walls so ithatimy inventhe bottom wall l3 to release the sound protion also has as its abject a reduction in the duced within the block. This structure as manuiacturing oest of the-block with not particularly described does not form part of (only no, deleterious reflect ,on the structural my invention except in so far as it describes strength but an actual increase inits' rugged- ,ano'uter structure of closing walls which ness and durability, Further the use of a may be printedandfthen cut and scored to lighter weight paper tor an Qoutside fimver fo'rma ch'ilds'bloclr or toy. Other structures enables me :to provide a block with smooth will 'proyide outerwalls equally as well and corners which are much neater in appeartheymay be made of paper,'wo0d, metal, or ance. v I p a other suitable materiahajlthough I prefer a Referring to thedrawings; 7 coated board of light weight which ,will Figure 1 shQWS, a plan View of the pattern permit scored lines of 'fold as in contrast [to forapreferred tter-structure with FiglureQ a "cut lines of told as required in heavy board I, 1 i 0 perspective view show ng how the pattern as the corners 1n the lighter board Wlll be ,folds together into a hollow block. Figure 3 smoother, presenting a eater appearance 7 n is a perspective view ef-a form of inner slip and being l ss likely to retain dirt and pertingstnucture'as assembled from two pairs germs. i of pieces, [one of each of which is shown in ln my inner structure I have pro Figure l. Figure 5 Shows a plan view of crossmgmembeiis'which reinfog walls and make the block more durable and which at the same time form a holder for a sounding box to one side of which is attached a bell or other sound producing mechanism affected by shaking the block. Inthe most preferred structure shown in Figures 3. 4, 5 and 6 pieces of paper board 15, prefer ably chip board because of cheapness and non-resilience, are cut wit-h crosswise extending faces 16 and scoring lines 17 form articulated flaps 18 to be disposed at approximate right angles to the crosswise extending faces. Cut-away portions 19 form the admission aperture for the bell disposed in the sound box and slots 20 alternately arranged extending upward from the bottom of the faces and downward from the bottom of the cut-away portion form an interlocking of the crosswise faces which holds them in a fixed position relative to each other. For the sounding box to be inserted in the structure thus assembled and as shown in Figure 3 a cross sha ed iece of cardboard or re sil ientpaper is cut with a central portion 21 and four folding articulated flaps 22 and 28. For additional strength slots 24 may be out along extended lines from the sides of the opposed'flaps 23 and the scoring line formed as shown at 24 so that when folded in the sides of the walls 23 will have their end portions abutting thefaces of the alternate side walls 22 asshown in Figure 6. A bell 25 is riveted or otherwise attached to a strip of paper 26 and pasted or otherwise secured to one of-the walls 23. The bell may be riveted directly to one of the sides or a plurality of bells may be attached to different. sides as on the empty opposed face 23 or the alternate walls 22 or the central portion 21.

.Another formof inner supporting structure is shown in Figures 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. In this form a long strip of paper board or the like is cut and scored as the blank in Figure 7, with the side partitions 27 dis posed along opposite sides within the block, and central portion 28:with cut away portion 28 for admission of the sound box, disposed parallel with thesides 27. Articulated portions 29 join the side extending members 27 and notches 30 and lock tongues 31 are disposed in the portions 29 so that when folded a box-like structure; as shown .in Figure 9 will be formed with the admission aperturefor thei'bell sound box formed therein and thestruct-ure further reinforced by insertion of a transverse extending portion 32 outwith sound box aperture 33 and a notch 34 forlocking in the notch 35 of the central portion 28. I

I A further support for thetop and bottom may be obtained by the insertion of the pieces. 36 .and 87, it being advisable to remove a part from the centralportion of one of the pieces as at 38 for allowing the sound with .in the blocks. A. still further form of reinforcement is illustrated in Figures 12. 13, 14 and 15, wherein a cross-shaped piece of board is cut-out and scored and cut to form horizontal extending faces 39* with cutaway portions 40 therein. An articulated part 41 joins the pieces 39 and articulated side walls 42 fold in about the horizontal extending faces and fit snugly in the block. The bell 25 is attached to a rectangular piece of paper 43 which is scored to form a four sided structure fitting vertically within the cut-awayportion 40 of the horizontal pieces as illustrated in j the perspective view in Fig. 15. Top and bottom pieces 44-may be inserted to reinforce the top and bottom of the structure within the block. The corners of the reinforcing top or bottom pieces may be rounded similarly to the rounded corners 39 of the pieces 36. In the. drawing Figure 14 we have, however, not shown the corners as rounded, and it will be understoodthat the rounding is merely to make their insertion more convenient. There are many other forms of outer re: taining walls and inner reinforcing mem* bers, and sound producing mechanisms,the specific descriptions givenin this specification beingv merely preferred structures. Therefore it should not be understood that I thereby limit my invention to'those particular structures noted. I

WVhat I desire to secure for myself by Letters Patent and whatI claim is f g V 1. In a toy block, resilientouter walls, a reinforcing? structure within thejresilient walls comprising pieces of stiff material interlocked and braced against the resilient walls, and a sounding device comprising a bell anda supporting structure onwhich said bell is mounted, the reinforcing structure having cut away portions adapted'to frictionally retain the supporting structure. 2. In a toy block, resilient outerwalls,ia

reinforcing structure within the resilient walls comprising piecesfofstiif material interlocked and braced against the resilient r 3. In a toy block thin paper outer walls 7 stiff cardboard wallsf within the block' braced. against the-[outer walls, a

sounding device composed of a bell mounted on a cardboard frame, and the frame retained Within the stiff cardboard Walls.

4. In a toy block thin paper outer Walls with stifi' cardboard Walls Within the block braced against the outer walls, a sounding device composed of a bell mounted on ,a

cardboard frame, and the frame retained within the stiff cardboard Walls, and the frame formed in the shape of an open topped box for intensifying the sound.

5. In a toy block thin paper outer Walls with still cardboard Walls Within the block braced against the outer Walls, a sounding device composed of a bell mounted on a i outer Walls With stiff cardboard inner Walls extended intermediate the outer Walls, a sounding box and a bell Within said sounding box and means for retaining thesounding box Within the stiff inner Walls.

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